Final
Orioles continue road trip, eyeing more success
May 3, 2008 - 12:27 PM Baltimore (16-13) at LA Angels (18-13) 3:45 pm EDTANAHEIM, California (Ticker) - The Baltimore Orioles' 10-game road trip got off to a nice start and they will attempt continue that trend when they face the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Saturday.
Nick Markakis homered and drove in a pair of runs Friday as the Orioles held on for a 4-3 victory against the Angels in the series opener. Markakis leads the club with a .284 batting average and five home runs this season.
"(Markakis) is a great hitter," Baltimore outfielder Jay Payton said. "We mixed it up today and it worked out for us. We haven't been swinging the bats great as a team, and we were able to push enough runs across."
Torii Hunter and Casey Kotchman both had RBI singles Friday for Anaheim, which managed just four hits before the ninth inning - where George Sherrill recorded his 11th save and tied the Angels' Francisco Rodriguez for the major league lead.
Hoping to avoid their third consecutive loss, the Angels will send righthander Jon Garland (3-3, 5.94 ERA) to the mound. Garland was roughed up for seven runs and 10 hits over six innings in his last outing, a 14-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Monday.
The Orioles will counter with Daniel Cabrera (2-0, 4.14), who has allowed just two runs in each of his previous three starts.
The Dominican righthander's last start was in Monday's suspended game against the Chicago White Sox. He yielded four hits and seven walks over 6 1/3 frames.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
BALTIMORE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
LA ANGELS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 x 3 6 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: BAL - DANIEL CABRERA, JIM JOHNSON (8TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ
LAA - JON GARLAND, FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ (9TH) AND MIKE
NAPOLI
HOME RUNS: BAL - NONE
LAA - NONE
May 3 6:01 PM - AL
AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY GARY MATTHEWS SCORED CHONE FIGGINS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G MATTHEWS ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 1
LA ANGELS 3 BOTTOM, 8TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: C KOTCHMAN (.327, 0-FOR-3)
Orioles 1, Angels 3 Bot 8, 0 OutsMay 3 5:50 PM - AL
AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY GARY MATTHEWS SCORED CHONE FIGGINS.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R WILLITS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 1
LA ANGELS 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: C KOTCHMAN (.330, 0-FOR-2)
Orioles 1, Angels 2 Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 3 5:13 PM - AL
AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY REGGIE WILLITS SCORED BRANDON WOOD.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R WILLITS ON FIRST, C FIGGINS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 1
LA ANGELS 1 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: G MATTHEWS (.225, 0-FOR-2)
Orioles 1, Angels 1 Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 3 5:11 PM - AL
AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY LUKE SCOTT SCORED AUBREY HUFF.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, 0 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 1
LA ANGELS 0 END TOP, 2ND
Orioles 1, Angels 0 Top 2, 0 OutsMay 3 4:16 PM
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